RFR: 8346567: Make Class.getModifiers() non-native [v2]

[Dean Long]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:16:01 GMT, Viktor Klang <vklang at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @viktorklang-ora `@Stable` is not about how the field was set, but about the JIT observing a  non-default value at compile time.  If it observes a non-default value, it can treat it as a compile time constant.
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> @DanHeidinga Great explanation, thank you!

If Class had other fields smaller than `int`, would be consider making this something like `char` to save space (allowing all the sub-word fields to be compacted)?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22652#discussion_r1943701237